Cyrillic script
Writing system used for various Eurasian languages
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| 2024 |
Interslavic
Aleksy Bernat published 'Nehaj nesut nas běle oblaky' ('Let The White Clouds Carry Us'), an original work in Interslavic, also released as an audiodrama.
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| 2024 |
Bože pravde
During heightened tensions in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Republika Srpska passed a law recognizing 'Bože Pravde' alongside 'Moja Republika' as anthems of the Republika Srpska.
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| April 2024 |
Interslavic
Interslavic is adopted with an ISO 639-3 code.
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| 2023 |
Serbian language
Montenegrin census revealed 43.18% of the population declared Serbian as their native language, making it the most widely spoken language in the country.
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| October 2023 |
Russian language
Kazakhstan drafted a media law aimed at reducing Russian language usage, stipulating a gradual increase of Kazakh language from 50% to 70% on television and radio.
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| October 13 2023 |
Russian language
CIS Council of Heads of State signed the Treaty on the Establishment of the International Organisation for the Russian Language and adopted a Statement on Support and Promotion of the Russian Language as a Language of Interethnic Communication.
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| September 28 2023 |
Russian language
Latvian deputies approved the National Security Concept, which will require all public media content to be in Latvian or a European cultural language from January 1, 2026, effectively ending state financing of Russian-language content.
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| 2022 |
Interslavic
An Interslavic version of the song 'Jožin z bažin' was created.
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| 2022 |
Interslavic
Russian magazine Mel reported an estimated 20,000 people in the Interslavic community
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| 2022 |
Interslavic
A social app was translated into Interslavic as a 'prosthesis' for the lack of translations into Slavic languages.
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| 2022 |
Aleut language
The last native speaker of Copper Island Aleut died, rendering the language extinct.
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| 2022 |
Russian language
Estonian parliament approved a bill to close all Russian language schools and kindergartens, with the transition to Estonian-only education to begin in the 2024-2025 school year.
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| 2022 |
Romanization of Ukrainian
The new standard incorporated the 1995 Derzhstandart system (created by Maksym Vakulenko) as the 'B system' and introduced an additional 'A system' with specific transliteration rules for Ukrainian characters.
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| September 29 2022 |
Russian language
Latvian Saeima passed amendments mandating all schools and kindergartens to transition to education in Latvian by 2025.
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| September 21 2022 |
Interslavic
Interslavic Day held in Prague.
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| August 2022 |
Ukrainian language
Rating Group survey finds 85% of Ukrainians speak Ukrainian or Ukrainian and Russian at home, with 51% speaking only Ukrainian. 76% considered Ukrainian their native language, marking a significant increase in language usage and identification.
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| July 27 2022 |
Macedonian language
The Centre for the Macedonian Language in Greece was officially registered as a non-governmental organization, marking the first legal recognition of the Macedonian language in Greece since at least 1928.
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| April 4 2022 |
Interslavic
Facebook groups for Interslavic documented with a total of 17,565 members (16,280 + 835 + 330 + 120)
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| April 1 2022 |
Romanization of Ukrainian
The State Standard of Ukraine 'Cyrillic-Latin transliteration and Latin-Cyrillic retransliteration of Ukrainian texts. Writing rules' (ДСТУ 9112:2021) was officially approved, providing a standardized system for transliterating Ukrainian text based on a modified ISO 9:1995 standard.
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| March 2022 |
Russian language
A poll by RATING found 83% of respondents in Ukraine believed Ukrainian should be the only state language, with support for Russian as a state language dropping to 7% after Russia's invasion.
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| 2021 |
Interslavic
Jan van Steenbergen completed the translation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's 'The Little Prince' into Interslavic, expanding the language's literary corpus.
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| 2021 |
Serbo-Croatian
The Board for Standardization of the Serbian Language issued an opinion that Serbo-Croatian is one language, which should be referred to as 'Serbian language', with 'Croatian', 'Bosnian', and 'Montenegrin' considered local names for Serbian language.
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| 2021 |
Romanization of Ukrainian
Derzhstandart updates its romanization system for Ukrainian.
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| March 2021 |
Aleut language
Vera Timoshenko, the last native speaker of the Bering dialect of Aleut, dies at age 93 in Nikolskoye, Bering Island, Kamchatka.
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| January 21 2021 |
Russian language
The Constitutional Court of Moldova declared a Soviet-era law unconstitutional, removing Russian's status as the language of interethnic communication.
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| 2020 |
Aghul language
An official census counted approximately 33,200 speakers of the Aghul language in Russia and Azerbaijan.
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| 2020 |
Interslavic
Third Conference on InterSlavic Language (CISLa) conducted in Uherský Brod.
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| 2019 |
Ukrainian language
The Ukrainian parliament approved the law 'On protecting the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state language', which formalized language usage rules and established penalties for violations.
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| 2019 |
Ukrainian apostrophe
Ukrainian orthography was updated, potentially impacting rules around apostrophe usage in the Ukrainian language.
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| 2019 |
Russian language
Belarusian census revealed language usage details, with 71.4% of the population stating they speak Russian at home.
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| 2019 |
Russian language
Ukraine passed the Law 'On protecting the functioning of the Ukrainian language as the state language', prioritizing Ukrainian in over 30 public spheres.
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| 2019 |
Russian language
Latvia began gradually discontinuing instruction in Russian in private colleges, universities, and public high schools.
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| 2019 |
Macedonian language
The government of North Macedonia declared May 5th as a working holiday to mark Macedonian Language Day.
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| 2019 |
Romanization of Ukrainian
The BGN/PCGN (United States Board on Geographic Names/Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use) jointly adopted the Ukrainian romanization system.
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| 2019 |
Romanization of Ukrainian
The original BGN/PCGN romanization system was superseded by the Ukrainian National System.
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| September 2019 |
Interslavic
Third application filed for an ISO 639-3 code for Interslavic.
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| May 21 2019 |
Ukrainian alphabet
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine approves a new version of the orthography, bringing back some features from the 1928 orthographic tradition.
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| January 25 2019 |
Macedonian language
The Greek Parliament ratified the Prespa agreement, officially recognizing the name 'Macedonian' for the language.
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| 2018 |
Interslavic
Publication of an article about Interslavic as a communication method among Slavic nations in the Journal of Ethnophilosophical Questions and Global Ethics
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| 2018 |
Interslavic
Publication of 'Čitateljnik', an anthology of short Interslavic texts by sixteen different authors, marking a significant milestone in Interslavic literature.
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| 2018 |
Interslavic
Second Conference on InterSlavic Language (CISLa) held in Staré Město and Hodonín.
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| 2018 |
Interslavic
Publication of 'Interslavic zonal constructed language: an introduction for English-speakers' by Lukáš Lhoťan
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| 2018 |
Serbo-Croatian
The Serbian Government officially recognized the Bunjevac language as a standard minority language, approved by the Serbian Ministry of Education for learning in schools.
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| June 2018 |
Macedonian language
The Prespa agreement was signed, which was a significant diplomatic development regarding the Macedonian language.
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| June 2018 |
Macedonian language
The Prespa agreement was signed, which began the process of language recognition.
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